... p-synephrine and bitter orange extract will likewise result in increases in heart rate and blood pressure [8-11] The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of the acute administration ... administration of a product containing caffeine from guarana, p-synephrine from C aurantium and a green tea polyphenolic extract on heart rate and blood pressure in mildly overweight human subjects ... properties of p-synephrine (hydroxyl group on the para position of the benzene ring) which is found in C aurantium, and m-synephrine (phenylephrine; with the hydroxyl group on the meta position) which...

... ethanol- regulated genes were involved using KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) [36] and GenMAPP (Gene Microarray Pathway Profiler) [37] analysis As shown in Table 2, only ITGB4 was found to be involved ... considering the reported high expression of the ankyrin-repeat oncoprotein (gankyrin) in human hepatocellular carcinoma Gankyrin binds to the cell-cycle regulator CDK4 and the S6b ATPase subunit of ... chemokines in monocytes and macrophages (including Kupffer cells) [41, 42], and ethanol- induced mucosal injury in the upper gastrointestinal tract leading to increase in the permeability of the gut...

... that scarabs were very important to the Carthaginians and were found in abundance in their tombs, having been imported in large quantities from Egypt Sardinia developed an industry for making scarabs, ... of scarabs in traditional folk medicine has been and remains widespread in Asia, especially China Bristowe (1932) reported that in Laos Heliocopris species (Scarabaeinae) were used as a medicine ... ornamentation The use of scarabs in religion or cosmology, once widespread in ancient Egypt, exists only rarely today in other cultures Scarabs have a minor role in folk medicine today although they...

... sampling until injection to GC, and from the standard solution to a test specimen) In principle, the sampling, extraction and GC analysis should be made at low temperature, in a gastight state and ... transformation in rats J Pharm Sci 74:780–782 10) Kielbasa WB, Bauer JA, Fung HL (1999) Analysis of isobutyl nitrite inhalant in rat and human blood: application for pharmacokinetic investigations J Chromatogr ... concentration of an alkyl nitrite on the horizontal axis and peak area on the vertical axis The concentration of the analyte in a specimen is calculated using the calibration curve i Assessment and some...

... GC/MS analysis for DAEMS in serum (a) a total ion chromatogram (TIC) and a mass chromatogram; (b) an EI mass spectrum of DAEMS; (c) a CI mass spectrum of DAEMS Poisoning case, and toxic and fatal ... GC/MS analysis for EMPA in serum (a) a TIC and mass chromatograms; (b) an EI mass spectrum of the t-BDMS derivative of EMPA; (c) a CI mass spectrum of the same derivative of EMPA data of animals According ... concentrations of DAEMS are spiked into blank serum specimens containing a fixed amount of DAEMO (IS) each and extracted as described before Since the base peaks of DAEMS and DAEMO (IS) equally appear...

... Main metabolic pathways of morphine, heroin and codeine The thick and thin arrows show the main and minor metabolic pathways, respectively ⊡ Figure 3.1 196 Morphine and its analogues GC and ... Qualitative analysis is made by the comparison of the retention time of a peak of a specimen with that of the authentic standard and also by the confirmation of the absence of such a peak in a ... morphine, codeine and tetrahydropapaveroline in Parkinsonian patient undergoing L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine therapy: a possible biosynthetic pathway of morphine from L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine...

... normal cyanosis headache, dyspnea, tachypnea, tachycardia and hypertension mental derangement, listlessness and metabolic acidosis coma, convulsive attack and hypotension death A poisoning case ... centrifugation at 3,000 rpm for min, 1- or 4- L of the upper layer is injected into GC Various known amounts of nitrate and a fixed amount of IS are added to blank specimens and processed in the same way ... of the oxidation of nitrite into nitrate and the same extractions as those for nitrate A calibration curve for nitrite using blank specimens and IS is also prepared for quantitation in the same...

... underlined vocabulary items Add them to your “core” vocabulary lists A trafficking in human beings incident a few years ago ended in the death of over 50 Chinese “illegals” who were being transported ... ascertaining the true character of trafficking can we hope to adapt appropriate (7)………… against it Interestingly, routes and patterns of trafficking are not static phenomena They are dynamic, changing ... exploitation in the context of organized crime - exploitation of anyone regardless of age, sex, or origin Exercise The following definition of trafficking of human beings is widely used Complete the definition...

... shows mass spectra of the authentic cocaine, EME and BE after derivatization Setting up of cutoff values are very common in USA and Europe as a part of QC (quality control) and QA (quality assurance) ... Significance and problems of doping tests and toxin analysis Nipponrinsho 57:361–363 (in Japanese) 10) Sander R, Ryser MA, Lamoreaux TC et al (1985) An epidemic of cocaine associated deaths in Utah ... and death In addition, the ratios of cocaine to BE in blood and in the brain, and the brain-to-blood ratios of cocaine and BE were compared with those described in literature [11]; such comparison...